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Right now, the big 'furlough' schemes have transformed many income tax payers, into receivers of state money.

In my view, those paid by tax in the...

Puggie has it, Westerham it is, well done,

OH declared

Time to start a new one, methinks. Enjoy.

Admin/Alison

OK, I think we should have a thread of cute pet pictures, so I'll start with this one. This is Faraday, our older puppy. She was about nine months...

People I speak to hold normal opinions- but feel unable to express them.
Folk shrug, they don't understand what's happening, but they are sure it's...

I suspect that a significant number of our members are retired from the industry or close, and massive slow-downs will have little impact, but that...

PP

I see that England's cast offs did all right for Yorkshire against Zummerst.

Bairstow & Ballance 91 each, Lyth 62.

It's no secret that I can't stand the slitty eyed twats.

Putting that aside for a moment though, for purely practical reasons, I think we should...

Not intending this topic to interfere with the ribaldry on the Coronabollox thread or the discussion of personal health issues which, rightly, has...

I guess it's a truism that any idiot can stop an engine, or an economy.
Anyone can smash something, but how do you rebuild it?

Now that we've dug...

About 3,000 deaths recorded after 9/11 and look where that took us?

These statistics put that casualty count into perspective, or maybe not....

Just thought I would try this as a thread. Living in the middle of nowhere with no TV etc we do read a lot. Trouble is Amazon will not deliver here...

As we watch our self inflicted descent into economic disaster, courtesy of the latest gift from China, does it never occur to anyone to panic a bit...

It looks as if the contract for the 'Spanish' Grand Prix will lapse after next week's race and that it will be the last one to be held at Barcelona...

Pakistan plane crash: Airbus jet comes down near Karachi airport.

Pakistan International Airlines flight PK303 was a domestic service from Lahore in...

On Sunday the temperature at Penrith, Sydney, hit 47.3 degrees Celsius, making it the hottest place on Earth during that 24-hour period. Meanwhile,...

Raised the possibility of merging three topics relating to US politics a few days ago, receiving no objections. Just looked at the logistics of doing...

Often, the day starts with a song in our head or the events will suddenly cue up music that seems the perfect soundtrack. Share yours here.

This...

To kick off, here's one that had 'em rolling in the aisles (although I admit it was my Kindergarten aisles.)

There were four skunks: daddy skunk,...